The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans

   • Gianluca Passarelli

   Pages 1-22

3. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Croatia: Institutional Change Matters

   • Dario Nikić Čakar

   Pages 23-47

4. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Serbia: Influence of Direct Elected President

   • Spasojević Dušan, Stojiljković Zoran

   Pages 49-71

5. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism

   • Suad Arnautović

   Pages 73-96

6. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Macedonia: The Role of Ethnics

   • Dane Taleski, Viktor Dimovski, Lura Pollozhani

   Pages 97-117

7. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Montenegro: A Limited Semi-presidentialism

   • Zlatko Vujović, Nikoleta Tomović

   Pages 119-144

8. The Presidentialisation of Parties in Slovenia: Leaders and Parties

   • Danica Fink-Hafner, Alenka Krašovec

   Pages 145-167

9. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Albania: Parliamentary Constraints

   • Afrim Krasniqi

   Pages 169-192

10. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Kosovo: Institutional Limits

    • Albert Krasniqi

    Pages 193-213

11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-217

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This book examines the process of presidentialisation of political parties in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkan countries deserve to be analysed in a comparative perspective due to their distinctive features in terms of processes of democratization, forms of government and institutional assets, the presence of social cleavages (religious, linguistic, ethnic), and, of course, the nature of political parties which differs from other European cases, especially in terms of origins, organization and structure. However, Western Balkan political parties do show certain similarities with other West European cases where power is centralised and held by the parties’ leadership. The book ultimately attempts to test whether and to what extent the influence of institutional variables affects the level of presidentialisation of political parties, also considering the parties’ organization features.   

• Presidentialisation
• Presidentialisation in the Western Balkans
• Political Parties in the Western Balkans
• Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Political Parties in Macedonia
• Political Parties in Montenegro
• Political Parties in Slovenia
• Political Parties in Albania
• Political Parties in Kosovo

• Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  Gianluca Passarelli

Gianluca Passarelli is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy. His main research interests are presidential politics, political parties, electoral systems, elections and electoral behaviour. Among his recent publications are articles appearing in Party Politics, Political Geography, Representation, French Politics, and Political Studies Review.   

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